LA CHATTE (human)

Known Background: In the late 1960's, Anton Breié and Elisabeth Gilbert were married, despite his nocturnal activities as l'Ours Noir, Montreal's resident costumed vigilante. In the early 1970's they had their first child, a daughter, Sylvie. Being tomboyish and a member of the LOC-Bloc (not to mention Anton's unspoken disappointment in not having a son) Sylvie ended up being trained as a costumed crime-fighter by her father, often with her "godbrother" Garrett Grant. Once in her teens, she became la Chatte Noire; l'Ours Noir's young aide. Tragically, Anton was past his prime, and Sylvie watched the one time her father was too slow. She entered her mourning period and rebel phase at about the same time. She went to Paris, obstensibly to finish school, but in fact ended up in the rather wild crowd of the Paris Fashion World. She became a model. Once over eighteen, she started getting interested in crime-fighting again. She revived her la Chatte Noire identity. She eventually ended up in Williamsburg, New Jersey, in the Crusaders, in a relationship with the Cyclist. She went through many of the groups ups and doubts, hanging around with Cyclist, Stuntman and the Westerner. She was fortunate to have been on a shoot the day Havok decimated the Crusaders.

Personality: La Chatte is an outgoing and often outspoken young woman. She has settled down some from her younger party animal days, but still maintains an anti-authoritarian streak. However, she is somewhat embarrassed by some of her former antics, and is appreicative when she is entrusted with responsibility. These dichotomies have put some people off despite her being an otherwise friendly young woman. She's outgrown her love of the spotlight, but she's hardly camera shy. She has become very family oriented in recent years, especially with her youngest sister trying to enter the "family buisness". She's become involved with charity and voulenteer work.

Powers/Tactics: La Chatte spent several years as a non-super, martial artist crime fighter. As such she was extremely talented in the art of Savate (French Kick Boxing), and a great many other gymnastic, thieving, and general crime fighting skills. She has maintained these and added several more to her repitoire over the years. She has also become a kind of were-cougar, though maintaining more control over the change than would be expected. In her lycanthropic form she becomes superhumanly strong, fast and resilient. Of course, fire and especially silver bypass that resiliancy. Her senses are also become much sharper, though more sensitive, in her animal form.

When she assumes her full cougar form she is powerful, magical beast. She becomes larger than any of the big cats, and strength and resiliancy grow tremendously as well, at a cost. The drawback is that as she becomes a quadraped, her Savate skill become useless.